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. WHEEL WRENCH.

Patented May 7, 1889L {wall-IE 5 '5 E51 696%;

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NTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER SHEPHERD AND JOHN F. HOLMES, OF BALLSTON, NEW YORK; SAID SHEPHERD ASSIGNOR TO IVM. S. STORY, OF SAME PLACE.

WH EEL-WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,989, dated May 7,1889.

Application led December 20, 1888. Serial No. 294,232. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, OLIVER SHEPHERD and JOHN F. HOLMES, of Ballston, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Carriage or Wagon Wrenches; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in carriage or wagon wrenches; and it consists in the combination of a lever-wrench, a

socket-wrench which is removably attached to the lever, and is operated thereby, a revolving plate which turns upon the socketwrench, and hooks connected to opposite sides of the plate for catching upon the spokes of the wheel, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of our invention is to attach to v will hold the nut, the socket, and the wrench in position after the wheel has been wholly or partially removed from the spindle.

Figure lis a side elevation of a wrench embodying our invention applied to the wheel. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same, shown partly in section.

A represents an ordinary carriage or wagon wrench, which may either be of the shape here shown 'or any other that may be preferred, and which has an opening, B, formed through one of its ends. Projecting through this opening, and fastened by the wire C, or other holding device, is the tenon D, formed upon the rear side of the socketwrench F. There may be a series of these Wrenches F made for each Wrench A, according to the size of the nut to which they are to be applied, and these socket-wrenches F will be interchangeable with each other, so that any one of them may be removed and another substituted for it. By this means the wrench may be used in connection with wheels of all kinds and sizes. Upon this socket-wrench is made a circular flange or collar, G, and placed loosely upon this collar G is the plate H, which can be turned freely upon the collar G in any direction. This plate is considerably larger than the socketwrench F, and is intended to iit over the outer end of the hub and keep the socketwrench and lever in position while the nut is being operated upon and to hold the nut, the socket-wrench, and the wrench A in position after the wheel has been wholly or partially removed from the spindle for any purpose. Attached to opposite sides of this plate H are the two spiral springs I, and loosely fastened to the outer ends of the springs are the Wires or' rods J, which are hooked at their outer ends, so as to catch over two of the spokes. These rods and springs serve to support the plate H and all of its attachments in position, the socketwrenchA serving to center the parts directly upon the nut.

Instead of having to use the wrench to remove the nut and then place the nut and wrench upon some support while the wheel is being removed, as is the case where an ordinary wrench is used, by the devices here shown it is only necessary to apply the socket-wrench to the nut and then hook the rods J upon two spokes upon opposite sides of the hub, when the parts will remain in position both before and after the wheel has been removed from the spindle. The operator then has but to turn the wrench A and the nut will be turned in the desired direction.

The springs allow the rods J an endwise play, so as to accommodate themselves to different widths of spokes and to spokes which are set at greater distances than usual from the outer ends of the hub. The elasticity of the springs serves to make the rods take just sufficient hold upon the spokes to prevent the parts from becoming readily displaced.

Having thus described our invention, We claiml. The combination of the wrench, the socket-wrench attached thereto, the plate, and hooked rods attached to the plate for roo fastening,` the parts to the spokes of the wheel, In testimony whereof Wea'f". X ou 1 signatures substmitially'as shown. in presence of two Witnesses.

2. The combination of the socket-Wrench 1 v OLIVER SHEPHERD. the wueneh A, seemed theleto, the plate II, JOHN E HOLMES loosely attached to the socket-Wrench, the

springs connected to opposite sides of the Witnesses:

plate, and the hooked rods attached to the SAMUEL MASSEY, springs, substantially as described. CHARLES II. HOLMES. 

